N.Y. Public Health Law Section 464
Permits

  • display
  • renewal
  • duplicates

1.

All permits shall be for a period of two years.

2.

No permit shall be assignable or transferable.

3.

Each permit issued pursuant to this article shall be posted and kept posted in some conspicuous place in the body piercing studio or tattoo studio in which the permittee is engaged in the practice of body piercing or tattooing.

4.

Any permit which has not been suspended or revoked, may, upon the payment of the renewal fee prescribed by the commissioner, be renewed for additional periods of two years from its expiration, upon the filing on any application for such renewal, on a form to be prescribed by the commissioner.

5.

Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or other association failing to file application and fee for renewal of a permit within one year immediately following the expiration of his last permit shall pay an additional fee as prescribed by the commissioner.

6.

A duplicate permit may be issued for one lost, destroyed or mutilated upon application therefor on a form prescribed by the commissioner and the payment of the fee prescribed therefor by the commissioner. Each such duplicate permit shall have the word “duplicate” stamped across the face thereof and shall bear the same number as the one it replaces.

Source: Section 464 – Permits; display; renewal; duplicates, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PBH/464 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Nov. 14, 2026).

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